Smart won Kia Defensive Player of the Year with the Boston Celtics during the 2021-22 season. He joined Memphis last offseason and posted averages of 8.7 points, 3.7 assists and 1.2 steals in 21.1 ...

The Grizzlies, meanwhile, would receive Marcus Smart from the Celtics while sending their 25th pick in this year’s Draft and a 2024 first-round pick via the Golden State Warriors to the Celtics.

Marcus Smart was once among the best players on the Boston Celtics. However, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies before the 2023-24 season. After spending part of last season with the ...

Since being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in the summer of 2023, Smart has been limited due to a string of injuries. Even when he was sent to the Washington Wizards, the former Defensive Player ...

In his 39 games with the Grizzlies, who acquired him in a regrettable three-team trade in the 2023 offseason, he averaged 11.6 PPG, 4.0 APG, and 1.6 SPG, but the issue was only playing 39 games.

However, over the last two seasons, Smart has faded into the background. A trade to Memphis did not pan out for the Grizzlies and they salary-dumped him to the Wizards midway through last season.

Dec 3, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart (36) reacts against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half at American Airlines Center.

NBA veteran Marcus Smart is betting on a new beginning in Los Angeles. After two injury-plagued seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, the former Defensive Player of the Year has signed a two-year ...